2006 - 2009 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) National Representative for Germany

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The Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center combines the clinical and research activities of all Charité departments and institutes concerned with Cancer medicine. The director of the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center is Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Keilholz. The Center provides comprehensive care for patients at the latest state of the art medicine.

The Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center organizes and coordinates work in all areas of Cancer medicine in the many Charité centers, interdisciplinary tumor centers, and related academic fields. Medical care of a high clinical and scientific level is delivered by the Center through a unified, interdisciplinary approach to diagnosis, therapy, post-treatment care and rehabilitation as well as modern strategies of prevention and early diagnosis of malignant forms of the disease.

An additional aim of the Center is to offer continual psychooncological counseling and care to Cancer patients before, during, and after therapy by specially trained professionals. Cooperation and integration of the entire medical care system (family physicians, specialists, hospitals, psychological and social care centers, self-help groups and hospices) aim to provide long-term care of patients suffering from Cancer.